Americans lean toward keeping legal immigration steady, see high-skilled workers as a priority
About four-in-ten Americans (42%) say highly skilled workers should be given top priority to legally immigrate to the U.S.
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What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) say they approve of Trump increasing efforts to deport people who are living in the U.S. illegally.
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1. U.S. Latinos’ awareness of ‘machismo’ and how they describe it
Majorities of Latinos across most demographic subgroups are familiar with the term, but an open-ended question finds it can mean many things.
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2. How different groups of U.S. Hispanics describe ‘machismo’
Descriptions of machismo differ among Hispanics by language dominance, nativity and immigrant generation, and whether their partner is also Hispanic.
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exits, a look at who supported him in the 2024 presidential race
Many of Kennedy’s July supporters decided to back Kamala Harris over Donald Trump by 2 to 1 after Biden withdrew from the race.
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Methodology
The analysis in this report is based on a self-administered web survey conducted from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024, among a sample of 1,391 dyads, with each dyad (or pair) comprised of one U.S. teen ages 13 to 17 and one parent per teen. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of […]
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Buddhists in South and Southeast Asia generally approve of foreign tourists visiting Buddhist sites
Majorities of Buddhists in these countries also say it is appropriate for non-Buddhist tourists to participate in Buddhist practices.
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3. Job security
Most workers (69%) feel that they currently have at least a fair amount of job security, with 33% saying they have a great deal of security. Another 17% say they have some job security, and 13% say they have little to none. White workers and those with upper incomes are among the most likely to […]
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1. How Americans feel about the basics of tipping
In the United States, the practice of leaving gratuities began in the late 1800s and was well established by the Roaring Twenties (read “A brief history of tipping in the United States”). Despite this long history with tipping, Americans express ambivalence or uncertainty on a variety of questions related to it. Is tipping more a […]
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Support for stricter environmental regulations outweighs opposition in a majority of states
Nationally, 60% of Americans say stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost, while 38% say they cost too many jobs and hurt the economy.
